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Appendix 3 – Observation Guidelines
- Overall environment and quality of the common spaces and facilities (including ramps, equipment, and others). Look for changes or traces in physical spaces and objects (for e.g., is the board new-clean? Are the books or chairs wrapped in nylon? Does the computer lab look like it’s being used regularly?).
- Individual non-social activity/condition (the extent and nature of the person’s involvement in constructive activity)
- doing nothing
- self-stimulation
- self-injury, aggression
- engaging in non-complex activities that are non-functional or age inappropriate
- leisure
- engaging in more complex activities such as self-care, using equipment
- other?
- Interaction between caregivers and PWD (the contact they receive from and give to other people)
- abuse
- poor practice and neglect
- reprimanding or preventing someone from doing something
- neutral conversation, praise and affection
- incentivising someone to act autonomously and/or embark on more complex tasks with bigger responsibilities such as self-care activities, using equipment’s, other good practices
- Interaction between PWDs themselves (i.e. type of conversations, communication, aggression, etc.)
- The extent and nature of any challenging behaviour they show